From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Oct 14 15:20:31 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A390E16A4CE for ; Thu, 14 Oct 2004 15:20:31 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mproxy.gmail.com (rproxy.gmail.com [64.233.170.192]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4681843D55 for ; Thu, 14 Oct 2004 15:20:31 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kjelderg@gmail.com) Received: by mproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id 79so820792rnl for ; Thu, 14 Oct 2004 08:20:30 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.38.82.45 with SMTP id f45mr3516770rnb; Thu, 14 Oct 2004 08:20:30 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.38.15.69 with HTTP; Thu, 14 Oct 2004 08:20:30 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2004 10:20:30 -0500 From: Eric Kjeldergaard To: Free BSD Questions list In-Reply-To: <20041014135747.GA27212@teddy.fas.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <20041014135747.GA27212@teddy.fas.com> Subject: Re: Laptop wireless card X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: Eric Kjeldergaard List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2004 15:20:31 -0000 On Thu, 14 Oct 2004 09:57:47 -0400, stan wrote: > I'm going back to traveling a bit, from not traveling at all for several > years. > > I find that a lot of the motels internet access is now wireless only. > > I've got a FreeBSD STABLE laptop, and I was wondering what the best brand > of card to but for it would be? http://www.freebsd.org/releases/4.10R/hardware-i386.html#AEN1395 You may want to look here for a list of a few. and if you keep up with -STABLE (which is to say are upgrading to 5.3) you will be able to find a similar list provided for it. I cannot really speak for the "best" brand, but I used the Netgear MA401 in my last laptop and it worked while...while it lasted. It's kind of a 3 - 6 month lifespan card, but was supported and thin enough that my other pcmcia slot was open. I've moved to built-in recently and use one of the atheros chipsets. I am much more happy with this solution, personally. I've heard that the orinoco chipset is in some cards that are both high-reception and sturdy. Perhaps cards by IBM or Cisco is where to look for higher quality cards. But again, I went with the Netgear because it was like 10ish dollars on ebay. Good luck :) -- If I write a signature, my emails will appear more personalised.